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HANDOVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does handover mean?
• HANDOVER (noun)
The noun HANDOVER has 1 sense:
1. act of relinquishing property or authority etc
Familiarity information: HANDOVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act of relinquishing property or authority etc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the handover of occupied territory
Hypernyms ("handover" is a kind of...):
relinquishing; relinquishment (the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.)
Derivation:
hand over (to surrender someone or something to another)
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